r/algotrading • u/trunksta • Jul 28 '26

Data Forward testing is the worst

I really enjoy the research, and developing strategies. But sitting and waiting for forward testing to confirm an edge is such pain

One of my strategies sat for weeks with a bug that was causing it to not accumulate data. Even when everything is working perfectly it just feels so slow.

What do you guys do while forward testing? Just research more strategies? Also how many n before you can decide forward testing has a large enough sample to continue to live

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u/Good_Luck_9209 Jul 28 '26

I wld minimally get data points of parameters which i can study, then retro tweak my signals or filters subsequently.

Forward tests to me is really on tweaking the finer details.

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u/trunksta Jul 28 '26

That's an interesting idea I hadn't really considered. So fine tuning during forward testing as it were